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Langkawi Morning Birdwatching Tour
This tour is suitable for both the serious birder and the birding enthusiast. The most suitable time to observe birds at the equator is either early morning or early evening when they are most active.
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Langkawi Nature
The legendary Langkawi Islands is a group of 99 oceanic islands located 22 to 54 kilometers off Perlis Coast. The Islands are very popular tourist destinations and had hosted many international events recently. Administratively, Langkawi is under the state of Kedah. The Islands have been noted for their excellent fishing, clear blue waters, beaches and stunning landscapes.
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Welcome to Malaysia
One of Malaysia's best kept secrets is the biosphere of the Northern Malay Peninsula. This zone is one of the most diverse bio-geographical regions on earth. It is a treasure house of some of the most varied fauna and flora, both terrestrial and marine, on the planet.
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Colugo – hang in there!
My sister said she would be the best person to take care of them. She looked after a civet-cat before and the animal live, thrives and rehabilitated.
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Colugos Day 3
We managed to get a good car with fully air condition and planning to take colugos to the vet.
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Mum and baby Colugo
At about 4 pm I received a called from The Datai villa manager, his staff found an injured "bat with a baby attach to it" at the beach villa. I asked how is the bat face look like?; a dog or a flat face Persian cat?.
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Short Docu-film Competition
Langkawi invites you to enter your stunning wildlife video and story to tell the world!. We’re looking for beautiful video that representing the wildlife of our magical islands. Your own original video of our wildlife are all eligible for the competition. Cash rewards will be offered to the winning video. The contest is open to all participants either Malaysian or foreigners.
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Workshop Day
Day one of the event kicked off with workshops and talks by invited judges and nature conservationists consisted of topics ranging from photography skills, macro (insect) photography, video-scoping (combining still photography with video) and short documentary workshop. To the excitement of many, the workshops on day one were both innovative and creative with a mixture of comedy in between. The speakers for the workshop were Malaysia’s very first digital ‘videoscoper’ Tee Lian Huat, master macrophotographer Kurt Orion and also Basil R. Gelpke which is a filmmaker. He has won a series of awards for his documentary filmmaking such as the 2007 Sol d’Or of Barcelona, the Film Prize 2006 by…
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Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary
During the late 19th century in Malaysia, the conversion of rainforest habitats into rubber and oil palm plantations marked the beginning of a colossal conflict between man and Elephas maximus, the Asian elephant. The encroachment of human settlements and agriculture massively eroded the size of the elephant's forest territory.
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In search of Small-clawed Otter
The Following is trip report from our guest Matthew and Maureen who are travelling around the world for a year between July 2010 and July 2011. They are heading off in search of wonder, wildlife and a modest amount of adventure!.
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Forest Hideaway
What makes the Datai truly outstanding is the way it integrates into the surrounding forest. Full marks to the architects who through a wise choice of building materials and elegant tropical styles have magically blended the manmade with nature.
